The Power of Mustaches and Metal

By Jillian Locke

One part metal, one part Burt Reynolds…and a whole lotta facial hair ~ Hurt Reynolds (Clothing) and Elegy Productions are bringing the first annual Hurt Reynolds Music Festival to Club Oasis (70 James Street, Worcester) on Saturday, August 13th, from 3:00-1:30am, for an 18+ night of mustaches and metal with some of the area’s biggest heavy hitters.

Andy “Metal Andy” Rossman first came up with Hurt Reynolds as a band name over a year ago. “We couldn’t all get together at the same time. Curt and I started brainstorming ideas for shirts, and the ideas kept getting better and better. We got Mike D. from Killswitch Engage to make a design, and it took off. That just put us at a whole different level,” Rossman explains. Along with Curt Vezina, Rossman (and Mike D., who creates all of the designs) launched Hurt Reynolds Clothing Co., creating shirts, hats, stickers, coozies and anything else they can slap the image of Burt Reynolds wearing a trucker hat on. They also endorse bands, including Acaro, Worcester’s latest and greatest up-and-comers, Lowell’s Hell Within and Manifest, Pathogenic, Martyrs and Madmen, circuit veterans Blood for Blood and Full Blown Chaos, and many more.

Along with Chris Riechmann from Elegy Productions, Rossman and Vezina nailed down Death Threat to headline HR’s first festival ~ and if that doesn’t have you scrambling to find tickets, Acaro, Fixture, The Bonus Army, Hivesmasher, Pathogenic, Revenge, Foxfires, Hell Within, Long Shot, The Approach and the Execution, Anchorlines, Birch Hill Dam, Under Lying Truth, Naegleria, and hardcore heavies Full Blown Chaos will also make history as the bands who played the first year of what is destined to be a hugely successful event.

All three founders are looking to keep ticket prices cheap and really bring back the vibe of when shows were more affordable and accessible, keeping the music, not the money, as the main focus. Head over to www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113688622050355 to purchase tickets for $10, or grab them at the door for $15 the day of the event. But HURRY! They’re going fast!!!

The men behind the music also host Hurt Reynolds Metal Fridays at the Vegas Lounge in Lunenberg, also at $10 a pop (www.facebook.com/pages/Hurt-Reynolds-Clothing-Metal-Friday/116629835085926). Hurt Reynolds and Elegy Productions are doing big things in Central MA ~ don’t miss out on the resurgence!

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